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Assessing Swaziland's Technical and Vocational Education and Training System to Improve Economic Growth
World Bank Group - 2014
Swaziland's economic growth has moderated over the last two decades and has been among the lowest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The slow growth has exacerbated the serious challenges facing the country's development, for example, high unemployment, particularly among the youth. The demographic shift in...
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Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty
World Bank Group - 2012
The report focuses on the social safety net, particularly cash and in-kind transfers. The safety net can play an important role in addressing poverty and vulnerability; however, the process by which the safety nets have been developed in Swaziland has produced a fragmented system that leaves...
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Swaziland Engaging the Private Sector in Education : SABER Country Report 2016
Chen, Callista - 2017
This report presents an analysis of how effectively the current policies in Swaziland engage the private sector in basic (primary and secondary) education. The analysis draws on the engaging the private sector (EPS) framework, a product of the World Bank's systems approach for better education...
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Swaziland Early Childhood Development : SABER Country Report 2013
World Bank Group - 2013
This report presents an analysis of the early childhood development (ECD) programs and policies that affect young children in Swaziland and recommendations to move forward. This report is part of a series of reports prepared by the World Bank using the systems approach for better education...
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Enterprise Surveys : Swaziland Country Profile 2016
World Bank - 2016
The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy's private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to...
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Swaziland Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes : Accounting and Auditing
World Bank - 2012
The Report on Observance of Standards and Codes, Accounting and Auditing (ROSC A&A), requested by the Government of the Kingdom of Swaziland, contributes to development of a comprehensive plan that will strengthen the institutional framework that underpins accounting and auditing practices in...
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Small African economies in a more uncertain global trade environment : the potential impact of post-AGOA scenarios for Lesotho
Maliszewska, Maryla; Engel, Jakob; Arenas, Guillermo; … - 2019
This paper provides a forward-looking view of trade and its relevance for Lesotho's medium- and long-term development …-Vietnam Free Trade Area. If these preferences were suspended in 2018, Lesotho would face a loss of 1 percent in income by 2020 … environment is likely to offer new opportunities to Lesotho's export industries in the medium term, including through regional …
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Female migration in Lesotho : determinants and opportunities
Botea, Ioana; Chakravarty, Shubha; Compernolle, Nell - 2018
Migration, internal and external, continues to be a dominant livelihood strategy for households in Lesotho, with almost … March-April 2015. The findings indicate that female migration in Lesotho is primarily driven by economic "push" (rather than …
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Lesotho Water Security and Climate Change Assessment
World Bank Group - 2016
The analysis looks specifically at the need to ensure continued development of water resources within Lesotho and aims …. This quantification is based on a water resource decision support model developed specifically for Lesotho, using the Water …
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Lesotho Public Health Sector Expenditure Review
UNICEF - 2017
This Public Expenditure Review (PER) is the result of collaboration among UNICEF, the World Bank Group, and Lesotho … analyzing health expenditure data. The PER covers a five-year period, from fiscal years (FY) 2011/12 to 2015/16 (in Lesotho, the … fiscal year runs from April 1 through March 30). The report describes and analyzes expenditure patterns in Lesotho's public …
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